Peter and Richard Chambers won bronze in the lightweight men's double sculls, while there was also a bronze for Britain in the men's quadruple sculls.

It was the first time a British team - in this case Graeme Thomas, Sam Townsend, Charles Cousins and Peter Lambert - had won a medal in the men's quad.

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Campbell and Cracknell

Alan Campbell will compete in the final of the single sculls later on Sunday.

Glover and Swann won in seven minutes 22.82 seconds, shading Romania and New Zealand.

"Even though last year was a home Olympic Games I had less pressure on me going into it," said Glover, 27.

"We were relatively unknown but this year there was more weight on my shoulders and I'm proud of the way we coped with it."

In the men's double, Norway and Switzerland finished ahead of Northern Ireland's Chambers brothers, who were part of the lightweight men's four who won silver at London 2012.

Peter Chambers said: "We couldn't do anything else. It's the worst I've felt after a race ever. We left everything out there."

There was a dramatic finish to the men's quad, with the British team kicking on in the last 1500m to finish behind only Croatia and Germany.

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Coverage:

Daily reports on the BBC Sport website. Saturday 31 August: Live on 5 live sports extra at 06:45 BST and BBC Red Button at 07:00 BST, highlights on BBC One at 15:00 BST. Sunday 1 September: Live on 5 live sports extra at 06:45 BST and the BBC Red Button at 07:00 BST, highlights on BBC Two at 14:30 BST.